The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu has endorsed Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule for reelection in the rescheduled governorship and House of Assembly elections on 18 March.
Addressing a gathering in Keffi Local Government Area on Thursday, Adamu urged party members, residents in the Nasarawa West Senatorial District, and citizens of the state in general to cast their votes for the governor because of his enormous progress during the previous four years.
He said that giving the governor another term would afford him the opportunity to complete the unfinished works he had embarked on in his first tenure.
Adamu, who represented Nasarawa West Senatorial zone before emerging as APC National Chairman, explained that voting for Sule, who hails from Nasarawa North Senatorial zone, would ensure fairness and equity to complete his second term before the baton of power is passed to another zone.
“There is no one else we should be voting for except Governor Sule so he can come back and complete his remaining four years’ tenure before we vote in someone else.
“Now the election has been shifted to 18 March. In spite of this, there is no rest till we complete the exercise and Governor Sule is pronounced as winner and Governor-elect”, he said.
He urged the governor’s supporters to continue to conduct themselves in an orderly manner and avoid actions that would break the law.
The organiser of the rally, who is also Chairman of the United West Zone for Abdullahi Sule’s Re-election, Alhaji Aliyu Tijjani told newsmen that the rally was in fulfilment of a pledge made in the past that no politician from Nasarawa West Senatorial Zone would contest against the governor in 2023.
He said that stakeholders in the zone had also pledged to give the governor maximum support with regard to his re-election bid, hence the grand rally to galvanize support among the people of Nasarawa West Senatorial Zone.
“Today we decided to organise this rally to officially inform his Excellency that we are with him and will give him our maximum support”, Tijjani said.
An APC chieftain from the zone, Labaran Magaji said the unity exhibited by the people of the Nasarawa West Senatorial zone irrespective of their differences in terms of religion, tribe, politics, and any other sentiments was due to the sterling performance of the governor.
“We have made our resolve to vote massively for Gov. Sule to return to office and continue the good works he has been doing.
“Speculations about disunity in the APC in the Western zone are not real because we are all united. We are people with one voice”, he said.
The Executive Chairman of Nasarawa Local Government Area, Mr Mohammed Salihu also commended Sule for the stability in the security of the state.
“Again there is stability in the polity of Nasarawa State under Governor Sule. As you can see in the last election, all the parties were given a free hand to operate.
“I have no doubt that Gov. Sule is coming for the second term”, Salihu said.
